Labor Day started as a part of the labor union movement, to recognize the contributions of men and women in the US workforce. Canada is said to have originated the idea of hosting a day honoring the labor movement. In 1872, they held a “Nine-Hour Movement” to show support for striking workers. The first celebrated…
Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Misunderstanding?
Happiness
“Happiness is like manna; it is to be gathered in grains, and enjoyed every day. It will not keep; it cannot be accumulated; nor have we got to go out of ourselves or into remote places to gather it, since it has rained down from a Heaven, at our very door.”Tryon Edwards (American Theologian, 1809-1894)
September
“September―where fall and summer meet.” Will Wallace Harney I used to know what September was: the start of school, crisp, cooler days, high school football games, the smell and feel of autumn leaves underfoot. Nowadays, school starts mid-August, warm temperatures linger into October and leaves cling to their trees until late November. Yet September remains…
Wisdom
If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won’t correct you for asking. James 1:5 Contemporary English Version For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Proverbs 8:11…
Good Gifts
I have a bedtime ritual with my cats: when I’m ready to close down, I offer them treats – to get them out of my room for the night. Zoey can’t be bothered: she doesn’t like “treats” and my command is enough. But Hunter is all about a bedtime snack. He typically gets his on…
What If?
What if I lived life as it actually is, instead of demanding it be the way it’s “supposed” to be? What if I accepted myself as I really am, instead of how I “should” be? What if I was never supposed to “do” it all? What if my best is good enough? What if “success”…
Squirrel!
We are used to dealing with squirrels in the bird feeders all winter. But in the summer? Well, yes, this one decided he wanted the hummingbird food. He began (I assume it’s a he) by climbing the post and anchoring himself to the hook. Then, as a couple of hummingbirds watched in astonishment, he popped…
White
White contains all the wavelengths of the visible spectrum at equal intensity. It is the presence of all the light. White (or its variations), in the King James translation, occurs 79 times (81 times in the New Living Translation). It is the most frequently mentioned pigment in the New Testament and in the word of…
More Buechner
I don’t usually do this. (Okay, I never do this.) But Buechner’s words will not leave me alone unless I share them. Here are more quotes. ************ “If there is anything in this world I believe, it is that God is indeed doing all kinds of things in the lives of all of us.” God…